Holding
Holding
holding: Occurs with various shades of meaning: (1) as the translation of tamakh, to acquire, it has the sense of taking, obtaining (Isa 33:15, the Revised Version (British and American) that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, the English Revised Version, as the King James Version, holding); (2) of kul, to hold, contain, having the sense of containing or restraining (Jer 6:11, I am weary with holding in); (3) of krateo, to receive, observe, maintain (Mar 7:3, holding the tradition of the elders; 1Ti 1:19, echo, holding faith and a good conscience; 1Ti 3:9, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience); (4) holding fast, cleaving to, krateo (Col 2:19, not holding the head, the Revised Version (British and American) holding fast; compare Act 3:11; Rev 7:1, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow); antechomai, to hold over against one’s self, to hold fast (Tit 19, the Revised Version (British and American) holding to the faithful word); (5) holding forth, epecho, to hold upon, to hold out toward (Phi 2:16, holding forth the word of life, so the Revised Version (British and American)); Lightfoot has holding out (as offering); others, however, render holding fast, persevering in the Christian faith and life – connecting with being blameless and harmless in Phi 2:15.